Health Sciences 2801A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Experiment, 1854 Broad Street Cholera Outbreak, Down Syndrome
26 Dec 2016
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Extraordinary science, because he"s trying to refute the prevailing view of his time. It is not extraordinary science; it is normal science. Paradigm a set of theories, concepts, and practices that guide scientific work during a period of normal science. A scientific revolution occurs when a new paradigm emerges following a period of extraordinary science. Kuhn argued that paradigms are incommensurable . That is, concepts used in an early paradigm are given different meaning in the new paradigm. Lejeune"s discovery is part of what we could call a genetic revolution in our understanding of disease. The meaning of the term down syndrome is different when described in term of genetic features and in terms of observable features. This can be an example of incommensurability. The philosopher carol cleland believes that there are 2 characteristics forms of scientific reasoning. Experimental reasoning one begins with the cause and infers its likely effects.
